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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Before the federal trial for R. Kelly even began, it was shrouded in secrecy, with journalists and the public barred from the courtroom where prosecutors laid out their racketeering case against the singer — charges that could send him to prison for decades. US District Judge Ann Donnelly decided to keep

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A fire damaged the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in New York on Sunday, before firefighters put out the blaze and rescued artifacts inside. The Rochester Fire Department (RFD) responded around 1:00 a.m. to an automatic fire alarm at the residence that once belonged to Anthony, a leader of the

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Dr. Sarah Ash Combs’ first step of treatment for children brought into her emergency room with Covid-19 usually begins with a question: “What socks are you wearing today?” As her school-aged young patients look up at indistinguishable faces covered by PPE, Combs pulls up a pant leg of her scrub to

By Alta Spells and Kate Conerly, CNN A mother and her young son fell to their deaths at Petco Park, the home of the San Diego Padres baseball team, minutes before a game Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from the San Diego Police Department. Shortly before 4 p.m., police officers at the stadium

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN The store clerk asked, “Can I help you?” But it sounded more like, “What the hell are you doing here?” A “closed” sign still hung from the door of the boutique. Taped next to it was an image of the beaming Mallory Beach, who

By Aya Elamroussi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday she’s ready to declare a state of emergency — if needed — to prevent staff shortages that may be triggered by health care workers who don’t adhere to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, which goes into effect Monday. The state of

By Paul Vercammen, CNN Jolinn Bracey slept in her Toyota Corolla for five years until she put homelessness in her rearview mirror by moving into a tiny home. Bracey, 48, is one of 41 residents of The Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village in North Hollywood, California, which provides transitional housing for the homeless. “This has

By Deanna Hackney, Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN An Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest derailed in a remote part of Montana on Saturday afternoon, killing three people and hospitalizing five others, authorities said. Eight cars from Amtrak’s Empire Builder train 7/27 headed westbound to Seattle/Portland derailed at about 4 p.m.